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PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceSamsung S9Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueWhenever a bluetooth device is connected to my phone, Spotify automatically starts playing the last song it was paused on if my phone makes any "noise". If I recie...
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cohendylan1
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On my lock screen, the Spotify controls no longer appear as a permanent notification while music is playing. They are still present when I expand the notification bar on an unlocked phone, however.I have tried closing and reopening the app, logging o...
PlanFreeDeviceXiaomi Lite 12 Operating SystemXiaomi HyperOS My Question or IssueI logged into my account and saw that I can't play a single song and absolutely all playlists are empty. I don't know what this could be connected with. Moreover, this pr...
PlanPremiumCountryHungaryDevice(Poco F3)Operating System(Xiaomi HyperOS) My Question or IssueWhen i play music on my PC, I see an annoying widget on my phone lockscreen. Can't turn it off.
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Plan Premium Country Hungary Device (Poco F3) Operating System (Xiaomi HyperOS) My Question or Issue When i play music on my PC, I see an annoying widget on my phone lockscreen. C...
Yeti419Hun
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMoto Z2Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueI just noticed that my phone's notification bar, and lock screen, suddenly started showing what I was listening to on my laptop, and that I could control my computer's mu...
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Plan Premium Country USA Device Moto Z2 Operating System Android 9 My Question or Issue I just noticed that my phone's notification bar, and lock screen, suddenly started showing wha...
ThisCommunitySucks
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2283 Views
1 replies
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I am starting a new topic for getting local files working on mobile devices as it's just taken me a good 3 hours to get a few songs that were ALREADY ON MY PHONE to work in the spotify app.It's good to see that you guys haven't fixed this, when there...
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...aving an "Import local music" option on the mobile app, you will need to transfer these files to your PC (Makes sense right?) So first thing you obviously need to do is, connect your phone to your PC...
gaRRycaRRyer
Newbie
2514 Views
3 replies
1 likes
My Question or IssueHey there! I've been a Spotify subscriber for a year now and I've always had this problem where the app occasionally crashes after ~45 seconds using the app. This happens on ALL my devices (I've tried two computers and an android ...
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...alaxy 9+, Razerblade Stealth 2017, Custom-build PC) Operating Systems Windows 10 & Android 10.0
CarlosE
Spotify Legend
2702 Views
7 replies
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PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceAndroid LG Operating SystemWindows My Question or IssueHi! I've been using Spotify on my phone for years, and I have Premium. Until now, local files that I put on my computer transferred over to my phone just fine after co...
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...ow, local files that I put on my computer transferred over to my phone just fine after connecting the two to the wifi at the same time. I just bought a new computer (moved from Mac to PC) and the l...
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Select a playlist, playlist starts a few seconds in music and play are completely different, nothing that I have selected before or have shown interest in. PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePixel3 Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Qu...
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Select a playlist, playlist starts a few seconds in music and play are completely different, nothing that I have selected before or have shown interest in. Plan Premium Country US Devi...
Emilia_8
Community Legend
674 Views
1 replies
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PlanPremiumCountryFiDeviceOnePlus 6Operating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueFor a long time I have force stopped Spotify on my phone to prevent it displaying persistent notification when I listen to music on PC. Now it seems that Spotify won't ...
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...ersistent notification when I listen to music on PC. Now it seems that Spotify won't stay stopped but starts itself automatically. This is very annoying. If you can't make it an option in Spotify A...
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0 replies
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Why did Spotify find it necessary to remove individually saved / ticked songs from being listed in the user library in the album section of all platforms except web?I used to browse my saved/ticked selection of music via albums as I find it's the mos...
Gig Goer
Why did Spotify find it necessary to remove individually saved / ticked songs from being listed in the user library in the album section of all platforms except web? I used to browse my ...
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PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDevicesAndroid S7, PC LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello there, I'm having an issue here. Whenever I favorite an entire album on my PC, it simply won't show up on my Android. However, when I individ...
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Plan Free Country United States Devices Android S7, PC Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello there, I'm having an issue here. Whenever I favorite an entire a...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry MXDevicePc and AndroidOperating System My Question or Issue I don't know if there's a solution to choose to not connect to other dispositives while using Spotify from Pc. I can't stop it from connecting to my phone and vice ve...
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Plan Free/Premium Country MX Device Pc and Android Operating System My Question or Issue I don't know if there's a solution to choose to not connect to other d...
TomLegend
Spotify Legend
1164 Views
3 replies
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PlanFreeCountryPortugalDeviceXiaomi Redmi 5 and Chrome Browser (PC)Operating SystemAndroid 7.1.2 with MIUI 9.6.3.0 My Question or Issue I have a problem that my music is not syncing in my devices. I put the screenshots down below (Attachments) to you...
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Plan Free Country Portugal Device Xiaomi Redmi 5 and Chrome Browser (PC) Operating System Android 7.1.2 with MIUI 9.6.3.0 My Question or Issue I have a problem that my music i...
Alfredo
Roadie
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3 replies
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To play spotify using the new chromecast audio I use my Windows PC, a Nexus 7 tablet or my Moto G-2015 phone. But I only can find and control chromecast on my Windows PC or my phone if I first connect chromecast audio on my Nexus tablet. The chromeca...
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To play spotify using the new chromecast audio I use my Windows PC, a Nexus 7 tablet or my Moto G-2015 phone. But I only can find and control chromecast on my Windows PC or my phone if I first c...
inky-dinky
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4519 Views
19 replies
2 likes
Hi Spotify,I subcribed on your premium promo P129.00 for 3 months. The payment was successful with order ID "1448111903019". Pleave view screenshot: Why are you charging me another bill to renew my premium subscription? For all I know i'm subscribed ...
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Hi Spotify, I subcribed on your premium promo P129.00 for 3 months. The payment was successful with order ID "1448111903019". Pleave view screenshot: Why are you charging me an...
ljaramilla
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1241 Views
2 replies
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I love the idea behind spotify connect, but the implementation fails for me. Every couple of minutes my playback just stops and switches to something random in that same playlist. forcing me to hit play again and listen to a different song. At that s...
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I love the idea behind spotify connect, but the implementation fails for me. Every couple of minutes my playback just stops and switches to something random in that same playlist. forcing ...
oolafson
Newbie
2480 Views
6 replies
7 likes
My PC detects my Android but not the reverse. Please help.
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My PC detects my Android but not the reverse. Please help.
Peter__
Community Legend
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1 replies
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